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In what comes as the latest evidence that Apple enjoyed a record-breaking Q4 to close out 2014, a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners indicates that Apple claimed half of all mobile activations in the final three months of 2014.

Not surprisingly, the survey results show, the mobile duopoly shared by Apple and Samsung isn't poised to disappear any time soon.

"The two companies had three-fourths of all phone activations in the three-month period. Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus accounted for more than 50 percent of all phone activations in the period," HNGN reports, largely corroborating estimates that Apple likely sold a record number of iPhones last quarter (possibly up to 70 million units).

Samsung trailed Apple with a 26% activation share. And in third place -- a very distant third place -- is Motorola, which clings to a relatively paltry 4% share. All told, this data portends favorably for Apple's earnings report next week, which is almost universally expected to show an all-time company best in earnings for any reported quarter.